Straw-carrier.



B. C. BAILEY.

STRAW CARRIER.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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STRAW CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6.1914.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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Attorneys B. C. BAILEY.

STRAW CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6,1914.

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Inventor Attorn BERT C. BAILEY, OF WELLSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA.

STRAW-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed June 6, 1914. Serial No. 843,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT C. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wellsboro, in the county of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Straw-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a straw carrier and the invention aims, to provide means whereby the carrier may be lengthened or shortened at will.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from'the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 show the invention in side elevation, extended, the upright dotted line structure showing the carrier shortened and swung upwardly, and the dotted lines on the rear inclined body portion of the figure showing the carrier shortened but not swung upwardly; Fig. 2 shows the invention in top plan, extended; Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views depicting the connecting elements whereby certain of the sections of the car-v rier are held together; Fig. 5 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing the carrier extended; Fig. 6 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing the carrier partly telescoped; Fig. 7 is a fragmental diagrammatic longitudinal section wherein certain of the cleats have been omitted, the view showing the manner in which certain of the bottoms of the sections cooperate; Fig. 8 is a fragmental longitudinal section illustrating the relation existing between certain of the parts of the tructure when the primary and secondary sections are telescoped; Fig. 9 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing a portion of the secondary section, the dotted lines showing a part of the primary section and the movable part of the bottom of the secondary section in cooperating relation as these part will appear after the carrier has been shortened; Fig. 10 is a. transverse section showing the primary and secondary parts of the carrier; Fig. 11 is a transverse section showing a portion of the secondary part of the carrier; Figs. 12 to 15 are longitudinal sectional views, showing the carrier in dilferent positions; Fig. 16 is a fragmental view showing part of the conveyer.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided, a trough-like primary section 1 which, preferably, is pivoted or hinged toa support S, a secondary troughlike section 2 into which the primary section 1 is adapted to telescope, and an auxiliary section 3 which is pivoted to the outer end of the secondary section 2, the construction being such that the auxiliary section 3 may be turned up into alinement with the section 2 as shown in Fig. 12, or may be folded backwardly beneath the secondary section 2, as shown in Fig. 15.

The primary section 1 comprises side walls a, a bottom 5 and transverse cleats 6. The secondary section 2 includes side walls 7 and fixed cleats 8. The rear end 9 of the bottom of the secondary section 2 is fixed to certain of the cleats 8. The forward end of the forward portion 11 of the bottom of the secondary section 2 is fixed to the foremost one of. the cleats 8 and the rear end of the forward, movable portion 11 of the bottom is attached to a cleat 12 movable between the walls 7 as will be understood best from Figs. 12 to 15. The rear extremities of the side walls 7 of the secondary section 2 project beyond the rear end of the fixed bottom 9 as shown in Figs. 12 to 15 to form arms 18. The forward edge of the bottom 5 of the primary section 1 and the rear edge of the fixed, rear section 9 of the bottom of the secondary section 2 are beveled, as shown at 10 in Figs. 12 and 7, so as to form a continuous supporting surface when the secondary section 2 is extended.

In order to effect a lifting of the free rear end of the vertically movable bottom part 11 of the secondary section 2, a shaft 14 is journaled in suitable bearings 15 on the secondary section. 2 and is terminally provided with a crank 16, the shaft 14 carrying a cam 17 adapted to engage the movable cleat 12 and to elevate this cleat along with the rear end of the movable bottom 11 of the section 2;

Transverse brackets 19 are secured to the edgesof the side walls 4 of the primary section 1 are wedges 22 which are adapted to be engaged with the rollers 20 under circumstances which will be pointed out hereinafter. When the upper rollers 20 bear upon the wedges 22 as shown in Fig. 5, the lower rollers 21 are received in notches 23 formed in the lower edges of the side walls 4 of the primary section 1 as will be understood best from Fig. 1. Mounted in notches formed in'the upper edges of the side walls 4 of the primary section 1 are bearings 24 supporting rollers 25 adapted to be received in notches 26 formed in the upper edges of the side walls 7 of the secondary section 2. Stops 27 are formed at the ends of the notches 26.

The auxiliary section 3 which is pivoted to the outer end of the secondary section 2 comprises side walls 28, cleats 37 and a bottom 36. As shown in Fig. 3 supports 29 are secured to the rear ends of the side walls .28 of the auxiliary section 3 and are provided with projecting pins 30. On the rear 35 ends of the supports 29 are formed tongues 31. Brackets 32 are attached to the forward ends of the side walls 7 of the secondary section 2, the brackets 32 being terminally provided with superposed notches 33 in either of which notches the tongues 31 may be engaged. Projecting from each bracket 32 is a wing 34 provided with an upright slot 35 which receives the pin 30.

As shown in Fig. 5, hangers 38 are provided, the same being received in openings 38 formed in the outermost cleat 37 of the pivoted auxiliary section 3. The hangers 38 terminate in angularly disposed ends 39 supporting a roller 40. Around the roller 40 and around a roller 41 mounted on the rear end of the primary section 1 as shown in Fig. 2 is passed a conveyer 42 which, as well known in the art ordinarily comprises a plurality of sections buckled as shown at 101 or otherwise secured together so that the effective length of the conveyer may be altered at will.

Now suppose that it is desired to use the carrier at full length, that is, all of the sec tions 1, 2 and 3 being employed as shown in Fig. 12. Then the secondary section is drawn outwardly until the beveled edges lO of the bottom 9 of the section 2 and of the bottom 5 of the section 1 cooperate as shown in Fig. 7. The top rollers 20 on the section 2 ride upon the wedges 22 of the section 1 and the lower rollers 21 on the section 2 enter the notches 23 of the section 1, the rollers 25 on the section 1 engaging the notches 26 in the side walls of the section 2, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The auxiliary section 3 is swung upwardly until its bottom 36 is alined with the bottom 9 of the secondary section 2, the tongues 31 on the auxiliary section 3 being received in the upper notches 33 of the section 2. The hangers 38 are inserted in the openings 38 in the outermost cleat 37 of the section 3 and the angularly disposed ends 39 of the hangers 38 are disposed in depending positions, the conveyer 42 traversing the rollers 40 and 41 as will be understood readily from Fig. 5. Suppose, however, that it is desired to use the carrier at its shortest length, as shown in Fig. 13, that is, at a length represented by the length of the primary section 1. Then, the forward end of the secondary section 2 is swung downwardly. This operation causes the rollers 25 on the section 1 to become disengaged from the notches 26 in the section 2. The wedges 32 on the section 1 become spaced from the upper rollers 20 on the section 2 and the lower rollers 21 on the section 2 may be disengaged from the notches 23 in the lower edges of the section 1. Then the section 2 may be telescoped with respect to the section 1, the section 1 moving inside of the section 2. The auxiliary section 3 which is pivoted to the outer end of the secondary section 2 is swung backwardly under the secondary section 2. The hangers 38 are withdrawn from the openings 38 and are reversed, so that their angularly disposed ends 39 project upwardly, the hangers 38 being inserted into openings 8 formed in the outermost cleat 8 of the secondary section 2. Because the hangers 38 have been reversed, so that their ends 29 project upwardly as shown in Fig. 8, instead of downwardly as shown in Fig. 5, it is obvious that the roller 40 will have been elevated. The reason for thus elevating the roller 40 arises from the fact that when the secondary section 2 is pushed backwardly and telescoped on the outside of the primary section 1, the bottom 5 of the primary section 1 will be raised above the bottom 9 of the secondary section 2 by a distance equal to the thiclmess oi the cleats 6 on the primary section 1. By reversing the hangers 38 as above described, the conveyer 42 will travel readily along the bottom 5 of the primary section 1 which has been elevated by a distance equal to the thickness of the cleats 6 of the primary section.

Suppose that'it is desired to use the carrier at a length represented by the length of the primary section 1 plus the length of the pivoted auxiliary section 3 as shown in Fig. 14:. Then, the secondary section 2 is pushed back on the outside of the primary section 1 as hereinbefore described, the auxiliary section 3 remaining in alinement with the secondary section 2, approximately but not exactly as shown in Fig. 5. When the secondary section 2 is pushed back on the outside of the primary section 1, the bottom 5 of the section 1 will have been raised as above described and as shown in Fig. 5. Now the bottom 36 of the auxiliary section 3 must be raised accordingly. This operation is effected by engaging the tongue 31 in the uppermost notch 33. The hangers 38 remain in the depending position shown in Fig. 5.

Suppose that it is desired, as shown in Fig. 15, to use the carrier at a length represented by the length of the primary section 1 plus a portion of the length of the secondary section 2. Then, the secondary section 2 is pulled out part way and the shaft 14 is manipulated by means of the crank 16 to operate the cam 17 and to raise the rear end of the movable bottom 11 of the secondary section 2 so that the said movable bottom is lined up with the bottom 5 of the section 1, this operation being understood most clearly from Fig. 15. Under the circumstances above pointed out, the hangers 38 remain assembled with the outer end of the secondary section 2, substantially as shown in Fig. 8 saving for the fact that their ends 39 project downwardly.

If it is desired to dispose the carrier at a length represented by the primary section 1, plus a portion of the secondary section 2, plus the length of the auxiliary section 3, the secondary section 2 is pulled out part way as above described, the movable bottom 11 is lifted by means of the cam shaft 14c and the auxiliary sect-ion 3 is turned up and forward, the hangers 38 being assembled with the auxiliary section 3 after the solid line showing of Fig. 5.

It is understood, of course, that when the carrier is in use, the outer free end thereof, whatever be the length of the carrier, is upheld ordinarily by a tension device D in the direction of the arrow A in Fig. 1.

The only occasion upon which the hangers 38 are reversed to cause their ends 39 to point upwardly is when the carrier is at its shortest length, the section 2 being telescoped on the section 1.

Any suitable bracing mechanism, forming no parts of this application, may be employed to prevent sliding movement between the parts when the same are disposed, for instance, as shown in Fig. 15.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A carrier of the type described including primary and secondary telescoped sec tions each including a bottom; and a conveyer traversing the bottoms; the bottom of the secondary section including a fixed rear part adapted to pass beneath the bot tom of the primary section when the sections are partially telescoped, and a front part the forward end of which is fixed relative to the secondary section, the rear end of which is adapted to be lifted into alinement with the bottom of the primary section to permit the conveyer to pass smoothly over the juncture; and means under the con trol of an operator for lifting the rear end of said part of the bottom of the secondary section and for holding the said rear end uplifted and in alinement with the bottom of the primary section.

2. A carrier of the type described, including primary and secondary telescoping sections, each including a bottom, a portion of the bottom of one section being vertically movable; a device for moving said portion vertically when the sections are partly telescoped; an auxiliary section; and a hinge uniting the auxiliary section to the secondary section, the hinge including parts permitting a vertical adjustment of the auxiliary section.

3. A carrier of the type described including primary and secondary telescoping sec-- tions, each including a bottom, a portion of the bottom of one section being vertically movable; a device for moving said portion vertically when the sections are partly telescoped; an auxiliary section; a hinge uniting the auxiliary section to the secondary section, the hinge including parts permitting a vertical adjustment of the auxiliary section; a reversible hanger mounted on the auxiliary section and including an angularly disposed end; and conveyer support ing means mounted on the angularly disposed end of the hanger.

a. A carrier including telescoped primary and secondary sections; and an auxiliary section pivotally connected to the secondary section and adapted to be folded beneath the secondary section; and a hanger including an angular end, said angular end being provided with a conveyer supporting means, the hanger being reversible and detachable, and the secondary section and the auxiliary section being provided with means for receiving the hanger.

5. A carrier of the type described comprising telescoping, trough-like primary and secondary sections; upper and lower rollers on the secondary section and adapted to traverse respectively the upper and lower edges of the primary section, the upper edge of the primary section being provided with a wedge adapted to receive the upper roller and the lower edge of the primary section being provided with a notch adapted as my oWn, I have hereto afiixed my signato receive the lower' roller; and a roller ture in the presence of two Witnesses. attached to the upper edge of the primary BERT C. BAILEY. section, the secondary section having a notch Witnesses:

5 in which the last specifiedroller is received. NORMAN B. LESLIE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing HARRY N. SHERWOOD.

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